Spine

Alexander Vaccaro, MD, discusses some of his key thoughts on healthcare today and leadership for the future.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines anterior lumbar spine surgery and risk factors for complications.

Hugh Brown, MD, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, will be one of three honorees at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's Dinner of Distinction, according to The Chattanoogan.

What will happen when there aren't enough spine specialists?

CNN recently chronicled spine surgeon Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, as he returned to Ghana, his birth country, to focus on developing spine services there.

Here are 14 spine surgeons recently joining new practices and hospitals.

Charles Kuntz IV, MD, of Cincinnati-based Mayfield Clinic, passed away unexpectedly last week at the age of 50, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.

Surgeons at Washington State created the Spine Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program to examine variability in use, process and outcomes of spine surgery, and published their findings in Spine.

Here are 15 spine surgeons who were in the news this week.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System has become one of 13 hospitals in the country to offer a procedure that partially corrects spina bifida while the foetus is still inside the womb, according to the Detroit Free Press.